Hyksos

[ hik-sohs, -sos ]

noun
  1. a nomadic people who conquered and ruled ancient Egypt between the 13th and 18th dynasties, c1700–1580 b.c.: believed to have been a Semitic people that originally migrated into Egypt from Asia.

Origin of Hyksos

1
1595–1605; <Greek Hyksṓs, perhaps <Egyptian ḥg(ʾ) ruler + h̬ʾst foreign land

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Hyksos

/ (ˈhɪksɒs) /


nounplural -sos
  1. a member of a nomadic Asian people, probably Semites, who controlled Egypt from 1720 bc until 1560 bc

Origin of Hyksos

1
from Greek Huksōs name of ruling dynasty in Egypt, from Egyptian hq's'sw ruler of the lands of the nomads

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